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Corporate Volunteering Build Workplace Morale, Change Children’s Lives

Corporate Volunteering

Build Workplace Morale, Change Children’s Lives

Your company can help change the lives of children with special needs. Corporate volunteering boosts employee morale and strengthens ties to the community where your employees work and live. We need and appreciate corporate volunteers, and the energy and enthusiasm they lend to our cause. Our corporate volunteer program coordinates team building activities for corporate employees to volunteer their time and talents to our hospital.

Children’s Specialized Hospital

• Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) is the preeminent provider of rehabilitation services for children with special needs.

• CSH serves children affected by brain injury,

spinal cord injury, premature birth, autism, developmental delays, and life-changing illnesses.

• CSH has thirteen sites in New Jersey and

treats 26,000 children each year, making it the largest pediatric rehabilitation system of its kind in the nation.

Hospital Sites

• Bayonne • Clifton • Egg Harbor Township • Fanwood • Hamilton • Mountainside • Newark • New Brunswick • New Brunswick - Plum Street • Roselle Park • Toms River - Stevens Road • Toms River - Lakehurst Road • Warren

Programs and Services

Outpatient Services: Audiology Autism diagnosis and treatment Comprehensive feeding program Early Intervention Medical day care Neurodevelopmental services Neurorehabilitation program Nutritional services Occupational therapy Physical therapy Physiatry Psychiatry Psychology Rehabilitation technology Specialty medical services Speech therapy

Long Term Care: Skilled nursing home for pediatric residents

Comprehensive Inpatient Programs: Chronic medical illness General rehabilitation Infant and toddler habilitation Spinal cord injury and dysfunction Brain injury Chronic pain management

Community Programs: Lightning Wheels sports team Adaptive aquatics Martial Arts Friday Night Fever Camp Open Arms Kohl’s Autism Awareness

Corporate Volunteering Numbers

In 2014… • 25 unique corporations and businesses supported CSH by

donating their time and talents. • 2,117 corporate employees donated a combined 8,550 hours last

year alone. • This value added service saved Children’s Specialized Hospital

$216,571!

Top Participating Corporations

• BASF • Bayer • Colgate Palmolive

• Deloitte

• Goldman Sachs

• Johnson & Johnson

• Kohl’s • L’Oreal USA • Novartis • PSEG • TriZetto

Corporate Volunteer Projects

Arts & Crafts! • Wall of Windows

–Volunteers create magic in our Hall of Transformation on our New Brunswick campus by decorating the “Wall of Windows.” The windows are actual glass shadow boxes built into the wall. Volunteers can select their own theme or work with our Corporate Engagement team here at CSH to make these windows magical. Whether you choose to decorate the windows to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s birthday or a seasonal holiday, our kids love to see the creativity our corporate volunteers have to offer!

Corporate Volunteer Projects

Arts & Crafts! • Cards & Goodie Bags

–Volunteers can provide comfort to our families when they need it most. As part of our inpatient admission process, each family receives a welcome bag with a home made card, personal toiletries, snacks and a deck of playing cards. Families are grateful to our corporate volunteers for being able to provide these items at a time when they are so focused on their child’s well being, they sometimes forget their own needs. –In addition to welcome bags, volunteers help to supply, assemble and decorate bags and cards for our patients throughout our organization to celebrate special occasions. –These activities can take place on or off site.

Corporate Volunteer Projects

Spring Cleaning! • Playground Clean-up

–Volunteers can help keep our playgrounds clean and safe for our kids! CSH campuses in Mountainside, New Brunswick and Toms River have wheelchair accessible playgrounds for our patients and their siblings to use. Volunteers clear debris (leaves & twigs) that may prevent surface area from being flat for kids to walk or roll over. The equipment is also cleaned to remove dirt and allergens. Our kids love to play outside and our corporate volunteers make this possible! –In addition, volunteers have the option to participate in several other outdoor activities that include planting flowers and organizing a car wash for our transport vehicles!

Corporate Volunteer Projects

Spring Cleaning! • Donation Closet

–Volunteers can help organize and distribute donations we receive year round of toys, games, clothing and toiletries at our Mountainside campus. We are fortunate to have many corporate and community partners who donate to CSH on a regular basis, because of this generosity we must stay organized in order to distribute donations to our twelve sites as efficiently and quickly as we can. Our staff and patients are always so excited to see what goodies the corporate volunteers packed up and sent their way! –During the holiday season, we are in need of volunteers to fulfill this task on a regular basis.

Corporate Volunteer Projects

Special Events! • Patient Parties & Activities

–Volunteers can plan, implement and staff special events for our patients with the help of our Corporate Engagement Team and Recreational Therapy Department. Kids at our Mountainside, New Brunswick and Toms River campuses spend a significant amount of time with us as an inpatient or long term care patient. Corporate volunteer special events provide a much needed escape from the hard work of therapy for our patients and their families! –Special events must be scheduled more than a month in advance.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How does CSH work with my organization? –CSH will work with you organization to select an activity, or design one just for your group! –CSH will create a custom agenda that would include a team building ice breaker, personalized presentation and tour for the group.

• What are the costs to organize a corporate volunteer activity with CSH?

–Costs are minimal and vary depending on the type of activity, number of participants and supplies needed.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How many corporate volunteers can participate in a service activity?

–Our corporate service program can accommodate as few as 5 or as many as 75+! –The location and activity determines the minimum and maximum volunteers needed.

• Can a corporate volunteer event be held onsite at our company?

–Yes, CSH can come to you! There are several types of activities that you can host at your location. –A member of the community engagement team can help you find the activity that is best for your group.

More Information

To schedule your corporate service day or to learn more, please contact…

Beth Anne Dobosh

Director of Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Bdobosh@childrens-specialized.org